Bøger af Chris Sharpe

The Curse of Ezekiel"Trauma always attaches itself to trauma." In the dark and dusty garret of Oak Cottage Zoe Fowler first encounters the soft, haunting voice of, Hannah, calling for her lost love. And so, by way of Zoe's traumatised psyche, the forgotten story of Hannah and her family begins to unfold. This includes her deaf-mute brother, her bullying father, and the tyrannical figure Ezekiel Pomfrey, the punishing puritanical priest of St Catherine's Church, way back in the seventeen-hundreds, and of course the enigmatic, Adam. All of which are locked into the distant memory of time by an ancient biblical curse. Linked by an old wooden rocking chair, the trauma of Hannah's tragic life and the mystery of Adam attaches itself to Zoe's own sad, trauma. Only the understanding character of Dotty Vinke, with her mischievous smile and startling blue eyes, comes to the aid of a troubled Zoe. With her hypnotic influence, Dotty allows Zoe to delve back into the past to uncover long locked away memories, both hers and Hannah's, all ready and waiting to be freed.The Curse of Ezekiel is a spellbinding tale of grief, Phantoms, and religious obsession with a built-in ambiguity designed to keep the reader's attention. The story cleverly maneuvers itself between the unsettling outer limits of the supernatural and the spiritualistic, until at last the waiting is over.

The Ghosts of Gehen Hill"Coincidence rules our lives, fate being the journey, destiny our goal." At least that's what Barry Hoffer would tell you. Hoffer, his daughter Issy and the enigmatic Maggie Stride are the main characters of this intriguing murder mystery, whose lives are repeatedly dogged by a series of puzzling coincidences. The story begins in the year 1885, the victim being Police Constable Jack Pawley. Fast forward to the present day and the primary coincidence is that Barry Hoffer's car, without plausible explanation, breaks down at exactly the same spot that Jack Pawley was brutally murdered. 'You must be connected in some way, ' Maggie Stride says to architect Hoffer, suggesting that it is his destiny to discover exactly how his family might be connected to a tragedy which happened, getting on for a hundred and forty years ago. There is of course a twist in the tale? Poacher, Gideon Moggs is arrested for the murder of P.C Pawley and duly hanged three months later, protesting his innocence to the end. The regular manifestation of ghosts from the past, plus circumstantial evidence, also suggests that perhaps Moggs might not have been P.C. Pawley's murderer. The story continues even though Hoffer and his daughter's attempts to identify the true killer are thwarted, until Maggie Stride is, at last, prepared to give up her own, long-held secret.

The Prophesy"Byddwch yn blant hardd o'r Llygad Serpents, er eich bod yn cael eich colli, gallaf anadlu gobaith i galonnau a dod â chi adref. Deffro i'm gair a dod o hyd i'r gwir olau."The place known as the Forbidden Lands stretches out way beyond the northern mountains where man fears to venture. From this place emanates an all-consuming blackness, which threatens to fill the heart of those who seek only evil. The sorcerer Ashaman is one who's mind is corrupted by the forces of dark energy For him the hidden beast has grown fierce and powerful while across the land righteousness grows less and less. Fear and hate have become Ashaman's song of war, hope and salvation the cry of but a few honest folk. Rufus Jack, he who they called the People's Liberator is one of those honest people, yet one who has become scarred by doubt and bitterly haunted by the memory of past mistakes. His power has been brought into question by the murder of his wife, Moone and the kidnapping of Aurora, his estranged and illegitimate child. Anger and a deep-seated rage now gnaw constantly at his gut, making him believe he is condemned to grieve forever The memory of Ashaman's evil deeds remain forever fresh in his resentful mind even though the acts themselves occurred many years before. Rufus Jack, lost in his own thoughts has become obsessed by the search for his daughter. Meanwhile Ashaman, along with his deformed, dreadnought henchman, Kallick have formed an invincible army of the fallen dead to enforce the power of his prophesy. To this end and following a long night of festering rumour Meridian is taken and the people inevitably turn to the power of dark energy. Can evil be beaten? Can the demons be slain? Can the young pretender Ursa the Bear, the son of Uri overcome fears of his own past and find enough courage to carry out the long-held promise of finally bringing an end to the power of the Dark Energy?

For those who survived the monumental devastation came a new land, but it had no monarch.There were only dark demons and darker deeds.Warring lords fought for power and possession of the land finding glory in murder.Then there was Ashaman, whose prophecy said he would succeed. They called him the devil's seed.Rufus Jack, a mere boy, was cast into this leaderless, post-apocalyptic world, where so many battled for supremacy. Which of them would stand triumphant?